For Ye Guan:
If someone respects me one foot, I respect them ten feet.
If someone disrespects me, just do it and be done!
Nearby, Nan Qingyue watched Ye Guan and kept shaking her head.
Satisfying?
It really was satisfying!
But in her view, this was Ye Guan’s most foolish move.
By acting like this, Ye Guan was practically provoking Zheng Lin and making an enemy of him!
What was Ye Guan’s status?
What was Zheng Lin’s status?
In her eyes, this was courting death!
On the other side, Si Qing glanced at Ye Guan. A trace of surprise flashed through her eyes, then her gaze turned puzzled.
This man didn’t look brainless!
Yet he dared to act this way. Without a doubt, he had confidence!
He actually had such confidence when facing the Zheng family, one of the three great clans!
This was no ordinary matter!
Zheng Lin stared at Ye Guan without speaking.
Ye Guan smiled. “Young Master Zheng, you aren’t really angry, are you?”
Zheng Lin gave a faint smile. “Young Master Ye Guan, good things are nice, but you need to be alive to enjoy them!”
At this moment, Nalan Jia suddenly spoke. “Young Master Zheng!”
With that, she flung five fire spirit fruits right in front of Zheng Lin. “Fuck off!”
Hearing this, Ye Guan’s expression froze!
How could his wife be so fierce?
Zheng Lin’s face became extremely ugly. He glared at Nalan Jia. Nalan Jia showed no fear. “If you want a one-on-one fight, we can have a life-and-death duel right now!”
Zheng Lin stared fixedly at Nalan Jia, his right hand slowly clenching.
Beside them, Ye Guan narrowed his eyes, killing intent already appearing within them.
At that moment, Nan Qingyue suddenly said, “What are you all fussing about? It’s just a small matter. No need to go this far!”
Zheng Lin withdrew his gaze and relaxed his right hand. He gave Ye Guan a cold look, sneered once, then turned and left!
He did not completely tear off all pretence of civility!
Because Nalan Jia’s mentor was Fei Banqing, one of the three super mentors of the Guanxuan Academy. Even the Zheng family did not dare to casually provoke him!
Ye Guan glanced at Zheng Lin but said nothing, lost in his own thoughts.
At this time, the voice of Little Pagoda rang out inside the Little Pagoda. “This fellow is different from his father!”
That mysterious voice asked, “How so?”
Little Pagoda said solemnly, “If it were his father, that guy would already be dead!”
The mysterious voice asked, “And then?”
Little Pagoda continued, “Then his father would call for people, and afterwards, the entire Nanzhou would be gone!”
Mysterious voice: “……”
Little Pagoda sighed softly. “That pattern, I really never want to see it again! Sigh!”
…
Nan Qingyue looked at Nalan Jia and smiled. “Little Jia, don’t be angry anymore!”
As she spoke, she glanced at Ye Guan but said nothing.
Nalan Jia’s expression was calm. She looked at Ye Guan. “Shall we go?”
Ye Guan smiled faintly. “We’re already here! Let’s keep looking around!”
Nalan Jia gazed at Ye Guan. “You sure?”
Ye Guan nodded and smiled faintly. “It’s fine!”
It’s fine!
Seeing the calm expression on Ye Guan’s face, Nalan Jia also smiled faintly. “Alright!”
This man’s confidence was something she had always admired greatly!
Of course, now there was one more thing, and that was this man’s sharp edge!
Elegant and refined, yet never lacking sharpness!
The group walked towards the cave.
At that moment, Si Qing suddenly came up beside Ye Guan and Nalan Jia. She suddenly took out two saint spirit fruits and handed them to the pair.
Both Ye Guan and Nalan Jia were stunned.
Si Qing glanced at them. “Let’s form a good connection!”
A good connection!
Ye Guan hesitated for a moment, then said, “Miss Si Qing……”
Si Qing directly stuffed the spirit fruits into their hands one each, then turned and walked away.
Two saint spirit fruits!
Were they precious?
Very precious!
But she wanted to take a gamble and form a good connection!
What if this fellow surnamed Ye turned out to be a hidden big shot?
Even if she lost the bet, she wouldn’t lose much!
Nalan Jia and Ye Guan exchanged a glance. Ye Guan smiled. “Accept them!”
With that, he put his away!
If he brought this fire spirit fruit back to the clan leader, it would definitely help increase the clan leader’s cultivation!
Every increase in cultivation could extend lifespan, and the clan leader’s remaining lifespan was actually running rather low now!
If he could not achieve another breakthrough, there was a real danger of falling!
Nalan Jia said nothing more and also put hers away.
The group walked deeper into the cave. The light grew dimmer and dimmer. Nan Qingyue, who was leading the way, took out a moonlight stone. Under its illumination, visibility inside the cave immediately improved greatly.
Ye Guan glanced around, then looked at Zheng Lin, secretly staying on guard!
Not long after, Nan Qingyue, who was at the front, suddenly crouched down. She gently brushed the ground with her right hand. In the next moment, a thumb-sized crystal appeared before everyone’s eyes!
Purple spirit crystal!
Seeing this, everyone’s expressions changed!
Nan Qingyue waved her sleeve with her right hand. A gust of wind blasted out, lifting the ground in front of her. Immediately afterwards, a huge pile of purple spirit crystals appeared before the group!
There were at least several thousand pieces!
At this moment, all three of Nan Qingyue’s group became excited!
Ye Guan’s expression remained calm because his intuition told him something was not normal!
This place was terrifyingly quiet!
Nan Qingyue collected them all, then began distributing the loot!
Soon, each of the three received more than one thousand two hundred pieces!
Nan Qingyue said excitedly, “There must be a spirit vein here, and very possibly more than one!”
Zheng Lin nodded slightly. “Let’s go!”
With that, he quickly walked deeper into the cave!
The group continued forward.
Along the way, the three of them discovered many more purple spirit crystals. The deeper they went, the more purple spirit crystals there were!
At this point, Ye Guan suddenly stopped!
He felt something was wrong!
Danger!
Ye Guan wanted to take Nalan Jia and retreat, but Little Pagoda’s voice suddenly rang out. “Go take a look!”
Ye Guan was stunned, then asked, “Tower Master, is there danger in this cave?”
Little Pagoda replied, “For you, no!”
No!
Ye Guan blinked. “No danger for me, but danger for them? Is that how I should understand it?”
Little Pagoda said, “Go take a look!”
Ye Guan hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Although he was puzzled, he knew this Tower Master would not harm him!
Ye Guan brought Nalan Jia and continued forward.
Just then, Nan Qingyue at the front suddenly stopped again. She crouched down, reached into the soil, and dug. The next moment, a purple crystal the size of a child’s fist appeared in her palm!
Seeing this purple crystal, her gaze instantly became burning hot!
Zheng Lin beside her was even more excited. “Heavens! Such a large purple spirit crystal! The spirit vein here must be a supreme-grade spirit vein!”
A supreme-grade spirit vein!
Even the ever-calm Si Qing was moved!
Because at present, each of the three great families possessed only one supreme-grade spirit vein. It was precisely because of these supreme-grade spirit veins that the three great families could nurture more powerhouses and geniuses.
Cultivation required money!
Without money, no matter how heaven-defying your talent, it was useless!
If they could obtain this spirit vein…
At this moment, all three of them harboured such thoughts.
Without a doubt, whichever family obtained this spirit vein would, within the next ten years, definitely surpass the other two families!
This supreme-grade spirit vein was enough to break the balance of power in the entire Nanzhou!
All of them were tempted!
Nan Qingyue suddenly said, “I know what you two are thinking. I’m thinking the same thing. However, for now, we should still stick together, right?”
Zheng Lin nodded slightly. “Yes!”
Si Qing nodded without speaking.
Nan Qingyue smiled. “Let’s go!”
With that, she collected all the purple spirit crystals from the ground. After dividing them, the group continued forward!
At this moment, both Nan Qingyue and Zheng Lin were extremely excited!
A supreme-grade spirit vein, ah!
They had really struck it rich!
Si Qing was relatively calmer, but it was clear she was happy too!
So many purple spirit crystals, and supreme-grade ones at that. They had truly made a fortune!
The group continued forward!
The cave was very deep, seemingly endless!
Along the way, Nan Qingyue’s group harvested many more purple spirit crystals. She and Zheng Lin could not stop grinning!
About half an hour later, Nan Qingyue at the front suddenly stopped again. She crouched down and dug away the soil. The next moment, her pupils contracted sharply. She said in a trembling voice, “This… this is…”
Everyone looked. Beneath the soil was actually a palm-sized spirit crystal. This spirit crystal was not purple, but golden!
At this moment, Zheng Lin said in a trembling voice, “This is gold crystal… this is an earth vein! There is actually an earth vein here!”
An earth vein!
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire cave fell silent!
Throughout the whole Qingzhou, there was not a single earth vein!
Even the powerful Guanxuan Academy did not possess a single earth vein!
At this moment, both Nan Qingyue and Zheng Lin were trembling!
Trembling with excitement!
Si Qing’s expression also became extremely grave, yet filled with joy!
And right at this moment, Zheng Lin suddenly whipped around to look at Ye Guan and Nalan Jia not far away. He stared fixedly at them, his eyes filled with undisguised killing intent!
Nan Qingyue frowned slightly. “You…”
Zheng Lin snarled, “If news of an earth vein here gets out, what will happen?”
Hearing this, Nan Qingyue froze!
If it got out, first of all, Guanxuan Academy would spare no effort to seize it. Not only Guanxuan Academy, those forces outside Nanzhou, those holy lands and great aristocratic families, would definitely send terrifyingly powerful experts to snatch it!
Thinking of this, Nan Qingyue looked at Ye Guan and Nalan Jia, her gaze also filled with undisguised icy killing intent.
This news absolutely, absolutely could not be leaked!
At this moment, Zheng Lin suddenly opened his palm. A long spear appeared in his hand.
Nan Qingyue opened her right palm. A short blade appeared in her hand.
Good friends?
In her eyes, there were only benefits. She had befriended Nalan Jia for benefits, and now she would kill Nalan Jia because the benefit of killing her outweighed the benefit of befriending her.
Si Qing said gravely, “Qingyue, Zheng Lin, there is no need for this. They…”
Nan Qingyue suddenly gave Si Qing a cold glance. Seeing the iciness in Nan Qingyue’s eyes, Si Qing instantly froze.
Ye Guan suddenly grabbed Nalan Jia’s hand and pulled her behind him. He said calmly, “In a moment, you run first!”
Nalan Jia stared at Ye Guan in front of her, stunned.
Zheng Lin stared fixedly at Ye Guan. “Both of you must die!”
With that, he was about to attack. But at that moment, Ye Guan suddenly looked behind Zheng Lin and cried out in shock, “That…”
Hearing this, Zheng Lin instinctively turned around. When he saw nothing but empty air behind him, his expression changed dramatically. He whipped back around to strike, but it was already too late!
Pfft!
A sword pierced straight through his forehead!
Zheng Lin’s face was filled with disbelief. He froze on the spot, staring incredulously at Ye Guan. “Sword cultivator… you are a sword cultivator…”
Ye Guan pointed with two fingers and drew.
Pfft!
The Path Sword flew straight back into his hand!
Zheng Lin breathed his last!
Ye Guan turned to look at Nan Qingyue. Her face instantly turned deathly pale. “You… you are actually a sword cultivator!”
Ye Guan wasted no words. The Path Sword in his hand suddenly flew out!
Nan Qingyue’s pupils contracted sharply. She crossed her arms fiercely in front of her. A pair of silver arm guards appeared on her arms!
Pfft!
Before the Path Sword, those silver arm guards were like tofu. They were instantly torn apart. Immediately afterwards, the Path Sword pierced straight through her throat!
Nan Qingyue’s eyes widened. Her body fell straight backwards!
Ye Guan opened his palm. The Path Sword returned to his hand. Then he turned to look at Si Qing in the distance.
Seeing this scene, Si Qing’s expression changed dramatically. She backed away repeatedly, her eyes filled with shock.
Ye Guan looked at Si Qing and remained silent.
Hesitation!
At this moment, Little Pagoda’s voice suddenly rang out. “If you do not kill this woman, once she leaves, the fact that you possess sword cultivation inheritance will be impossible to conceal. When that happens, not only you, but your entire Ye clan will face the danger of annihilation. You must think clearly!”
Ye Guan gripped the Path Sword tightly but said nothing.
Little Pagoda continued, “Do you remember what the Second Elder told you? A man must not be kind-hearted and soft-handed!”
Ye Guan suddenly shook his head. “I can’t!”
With that, he walked over to Nan Qingyue and Zheng Lin, took their storage rings, then walked to Si Qing and handed her a portion of the purple spirit crystals that had belonged to the two of them. “Miss Si Qing, their belongings will be split equally among the three of us!”
Si Qing looked at Ye Guan, still on guard!
Ye Guan smiled faintly. “You must swear on your divine soul that you will keep the fact that I am a sword cultivator completely secret. Is that acceptable?”
Hearing this, Si Qing was silent for a moment, then raised her right hand. “I swear on my divine soul that if I ever reveal that you are a sword cultivator, may I, Si Qing, die a horrible death!”
Ye Guan nodded slightly, then handed a storage ring to Si Qing.
Si Qing glanced at Ye Guan but said nothing.
At this moment, Little Pagoda suddenly said, “Do you understand the consequences?”
Ye Guan shook his head slightly. “Tower Master, a person must be ruthless, but one must also have a conscience!”
Little Pagoda said gravely, “You are not afraid that she will leak your sword cultivator identity and bring great disaster upon you?”
Ye Guan nodded. “I’m very afraid!”
Little Pagoda was puzzled. “Then if you don’t kill her, do you have any other way to deal with it?”
Ye Guan thought for a moment, then said, “If great disaster really comes, Tower Master, will you help me carry it?”
Little Pagoda: “???”
